Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

बहुशस्त्राणि दिव्यानि नभसः संपतंति च । क्रीडंति हरयस्तृप्ता उत्पतंति पतंति च

Transliteration

bahuśastrāṇi divyāni nabhasaḥ saṃpataṃti ca | krīḍaṃti harayastṛptā utpataṃti pataṃti ca

Translation

ونزلت من السماء أسلحةٌ إلهية كثيرة. وكانت الأسودُ الشبعى تلهو—تقفز صعودًا ثم تهبط من جديد.

Word by Word

• बहुशस्त्राणि: many weapons
• बहुशस्त्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु-शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक; बहु + शस्त्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (बहूनि शस्त्राणि)

• दिव्यानि: divine
• दिव्यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (बहुशस्त्राणि इति)

• नभसः: from the sky
• नभसः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) एकवचन (नभसः = नभसः/नभसः इत्यत्र पञ्चमी-एकवचन-रूपम्)

• संपतन्ति: fall down / descend
• संपतन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• क्रीडन्ति: play / sport
• क्रीडन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• हरयः: lions
• हरयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तृप्ताः: satisfied
• तृप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप्त (कृदन्त; √तृप्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (हरयः)

• उत्पतन्ति: leap up / spring
• उत्पतन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्+पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पतन्ति: fall
• पतन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred clearing under a turbulent sky: luminous astras streak downward like meteors; nearby, lions—strangely calm and satiated—play, leap, and tumble as if in a divine sport, creating an uncanny contrast between danger and serenity.

Characters & Entities

• divya-śastra (divine weapons)
• harayaḥ (lions)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a sanctified region, even symbols of protection and power appear; sacred space is portrayed as guarded by divine forces and fearless harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the marvels surrounding the tīrtha-setting in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, indicating a place charged with divine presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.